James D Campbell'The Army Isn't All Work'
Physical Culture and the Evolution of the British Army, 1860-1920
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Brigadier James D. Campbell is a career US Army officer and is currently serving as the Adjutant General of Maine. He is a graduate of the US Army War College, has a Ph.D. in British History, and has been an adjunct professor of History at the University of Maine since 2000.
Contents: Introduction; Part I Mens Sana in Corpore Sano: the Origins of
the Army Gymnastic Staff and Regimental Sport, 1860-1880: Officer sport:
aristocrats and schoolboys; The other ranks: health, morals and morale; The
army gymnastic staff and regimental sport. Part II 'Play Up and Play the
Game': Physical training and Army Sport, 1880-1908: 'A marvellous
improvement in the rank and file': physical training at the turn of the
century; 'No better pastime for soldiers': the expansion of army and
regimental sport; 'They have taken to our manly European games': military
athleticism and the empire. Part III 'Training for Sport is Training for
War': 1908-1914: Physical training and national preparedness; Maturity: the
institutionalization of army sport; The war game: mobilization and 'the
death of an army'. Part IV 'The Greater Game': Army Physical Culture in
Wartime: Civilians to soldiers: sport and fitness in Kitchener's new
armies; 'Make them tigers': the army physical and bayonet training staff;
'The greater game': wartime recreational training; Epilogue: 'raise the
tone': the formation of the Army Sport Control Board; Select bibliography;
Index.
